EXCLUSIVE: Laurina Fleure says Shane Warne was 'filthy' off camera on I'm A Celebrity...and more revelations!

By Adam Bub| 2 years ago

Melbourne fashion designer Laurina Fleure talks to TheFIX about life after The Bachelor. Image: Instagram/Laurina Fleure.

When TheFIX sat down for a chat with the 33-year-old Melbourne fashion designer and former model, nothing was off-limits.

Laurina Fleure is never one to shy away from a bit of straight talk. We saw it on The Bachelor in 2014 (hello, #DirtyStreetPie), and got another dose of it when she appeared on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! earlier this year.

So when TheFIX sat down for a chat with the 33-year-old former model, nothing was off-limits.

Laurina spilled all about her off-camera gripe with Shane Warne, why she thinks Bachelor Richie chose "sexual" Alex over Nikki, her own real-life romance with entrepreneur Lewis Romano, and her new campaign with online fashion outlet Brands Exclusive.

Let's start with the juicy stuff first: Warnie!

"Look, he's a good bloke, he's really funny, and I think he's a really good dad," Laurina said about her former I'm A Celebrity jungle mate. "But the thing that upset me that I felt that the public didn't see, was here's him telling me 'Oh Laurina, you're not being a lady on camera'.

"And then at night time, when he thought the cameras were off, he'd be telling some filthy stories to the boys. His real side would come out when the cameras were off – at least I was being real in front of the cameras."

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Speaking of what's real and what's not on reality TV, Laurina also has some thoughts about why Australia was so shocked over Bachelor Richie Strahan choosing Alex Nation over fan favourite Nikki Gogan.

"I was Team Nikki," Laurina said. "Obviously it's only what we see in the editing, but from the editing they only showed a sexual connection with Alex. They showed a lot more of an emotional, mental, psychological connection [with Nikki].

"I just got the feeling that Richie maybe wasn't as emotionally evolved or as emotionally mature to be able to make the decision Australia wanted for him – that they could see more longevity in that decision."

From her experience, Laurina found that the editing did play a role in what people saw - but she's quick to add that "they will amplify who you are and what you put out there", too.

The Melbourne fashion designer has had her own love story over the past year or so, falling for her man Lewis after meeting on holiday in Europe.

"Within three days of meeting him, he literally swept me off my feet and took me for five days to Rome, and we fell in love," she said.

But the excitement of that initial whirlwind romance has translated into real life in Melbourne, too.

"I have to say I've been pretty spoiled with Lewis," Laurina said. "Within the first four months [together] he took me away 11 times. Since then, we've been to Africa together, we've been all over Europe again for another month."

Professionally, Laurina's been busy working on a new eight-week campaign as the face of online designer discount outlet Brands Exclusive, with the tagline "Celebrity shopping, reality prices".

"I am the most savviest shopper you will ever meet," she said. "I grew up my whole childhood going to markets and fetes and op shops with my mum every single weekend."

As part of the shoot, Laurina lay luxuriously in a bed of rose petals, channelling The Bachelorette-meets-American Beauty. Was she tempted just to go naked in those roses?

"Absolutely, you're laying in all these rose petals, you just want to strip off and smell yourself, roll around in them!" she said with a laugh.

Laurina's selling her brand, Pialia, on the site for the next week.

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